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119  SOUTH  FOURTH  STREET 


1923 


SCRIPTURE  GIFT  MISSION 

Organized  irs  London  England,  in  l886, 
Circulation  for  the  year  ending  March  31,  1942, 
over  Six  and  Onc-half  Million  Copies 


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WHAT  IT  IS 

The  American  Branch  of  the  Scripture  Gift 
Mission  was  organized  for  the  free  distribution 
of  the  Scriptures  throughout  the  United  States 
and  adjoining  countries,  as  funds  may  be  pro¬ 
vided,  through  prayer  and  voluntary  contribu¬ 
tions  of  those  who,  having  received  the  blessing 
of  the  Gospel,  desire  to  give  it  free  to  others. 

It  has  no  paid  agents,  but  supplies  as  far  as 
possible,  without  charge,  Scriptures  to  Chris¬ 
tian  workers,  pastors  and  teachers  who  apply 
for  them  for  distribution  mostly  in  districts 
remote  from  large  centers  of  population. 

The  Scriptures  are  printed  in  over  90  lan¬ 
guages;  some  are  beautifully  illustrated  with 
actual  life  scenes  in  color  (imaginary  pictures 
are  not  used). 

WHAT  IT  HAS  DONE 

Our  Lord  has  said,  “My  Word  shall  not  re¬ 
turn  unto  Me  void,  but  shall  accomplish  that 
which  I  please,  and  it  shall  prosper  in  the  thing 
whereto  I  sent  it.”  (Isa.  55:11.)  This  is  abun¬ 
dantly  verified  in  the  experience  of  the  Scripture 
Gift  Mission  by  daily  letters  testifying  to  result¬ 
ant  blessing  through  receiving  and  reading  the 
printed  Word.  Many  requests  for  Scriptures 
come  from  small  destitute  mountain  Sunday 
and  Day  Schools  of  our  Southern  States,  and 


hundreds  of  school  children  in  these  places  are 
memorizing  the  Words  of  Life  through  the 
method  recommended  by  us.  Lives  are  regen¬ 
erated,  revival  awakened,  and  the  living  condi¬ 
tions  in  whole  communities  have  been  changed 
through  the  simple  reading  of  the  Word. 

During  the  recent  war,  many  thousands  of 
Army  and  Navy  Testaments,  in  an  attractively 
illustrated  pocket  edition,  were  furnished  the 
United  States  forces  and  are  now  sent  on  re¬ 
quest  to  the  large  permanent  camps. 

WHAT  ARE  ITS  POSSIBILITIES 

The  present  opportunities  for  Scripture  distri¬ 
bution  are  unlimited.  Far  more  requests  are 
pouring  in  to  us  every  day  than  we  can  supply. 
The  increase  in  population  presents  an  ever¬ 
growing  need.  The  large  influx  of  immi¬ 
grants  are  mostly  ignorant  of  God’s  Word. 
Bibles  wear  out  and  necessitate  replacing.  Our 
country  was  founded  on  the  belief  in  the  Bible; 
yet  today  our  youth  are  permitted  to  grow  up 
largely  in  ignorance  of  it  and  its  precepts. 

Shall  we  sit  idly  by  and  permit  a  famine  of 
the  Word  of  God  to  develop  in  this  land  of 
ours — in  a  land  so  abundantly  blessed  of  God? 

Donations  to  aid  in  the  distribution  of  the 
Scriptures  may  be  sent  to 

ROBERT  B.  HAINES,  Jr.,  Secretary, 

119  South  Fourth  Street. 

Philadelphia,  Pa. 

(Please  make  remittances  payable  to  The 
Scripture  Gift  Mission.) 


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Rev.  R.  A.  Torrey,  D.D.,  Dean,  Los  Ange* 
les  Bible  Institute,  Los  Angeles,  Calif. 

Rev.  James  M.  Gray,  D.D.,  Dean,  Moody 
Bible  Institute,  Chicago. 

Rev.  C.  A.  Blanchard,  Pres.  Wheaton  Cob 
lege,  Wheaton,  Ill. 

Rev.  Wni.  B.  Riley,  D.D.,  Pres.  Northvrest- 
ern  Miss,  and  Bible  Training  School, 
Minneapolis,  Minn. 

Rev.  L.  W,  Munhall,  D.D.,  M.A.,  Editor 
Eastern  Methodist,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Rev.  George  11.  Dowkontt,  Supt.  Fulton  St, 
Loon  Prayer  Meeting,  New  York  City. 

Rev.  Charles  R.  Erdpian,  D.D.,  Princeton 
Theological  Seminary,  Princeton,  N.  J. 

Rev,  John  Gordon,  D.D.,  Temple  Univer> 
sity,  Philadelphia. 

Rev.  Jos.  T.  Kelly,  Washington,  D.  C, 

Howard  A.  Banks,  Associate  Editor  Sunday 
School  Times,  Philadelphia. 

Dr.  Howard  A.  Kelly,  Baltimore,  Md. 

Charles  L.  Huston,  Chairman  General  As¬ 
sembly’s  Committee  on  Evangelism  oi 
the  Presbyterian  Church,  U.  S.  A., 
Coatesville,  Pa. 

Henry  E.  Fries,  Winston-Salem,  N.  C. 

J.  D.  Adams,  Philadelphia  School  of  the 
Bible,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

T,  Edwards  Ross,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Fred  Kelker  (L.  &  K.),  Publisher  Christian 
Literature,  Harrisburg,  Pa. 

F.  M.  Gillingham,  Germantown,  Philadel¬ 
phia,  Pa. 

Asa  S.  Wing,  The  Provident  Trust  Co., 
Philadelphia,  Pa. 


ROBERT  B.  HAINES,  JR.,  119  S.  4th  St., 
Philadelphia,  Secretary. 


